Check out WitKid Rosie as she takes you on a tour of this great event! Watch the video here.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
WitKid Rosie Tours WitKids-Dinner Garden Event on Feb. 27
Rain couldn't keep the amazing WitKids volunteers from coming out to the WitKids Dinner Garden Event!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Volunteer San Diego Blogs About WitKids!
Extra..Extra...Read All About It! Volunteer San Diego blogs about WitKids! Read it on their website here or check it out below!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
WitKids, one of our fantastic member organizations, educates, inspires, and empowers kids to make a difference in their school, community, and the world through volunteer work and community service, Whatever It Takes!
WitKids has partnered with the The Dinner Garden, a national organization that fights hunger, for a project in Amici Park in Little Italy. On Saturday, January 30, volunteers spent the day bagging seeds, making pots out of newspaper, and distributing seed packets to families in need. Sixty-four families participated in this spectacular volunteer event.
Several WitKids volunteers shared their experiences:
"My day started off with getting one of the WitKids t-shirts, and thinking that I can do whatever it takes just by packaging seeds. I soon start my day at a table packaging many different seeds, making cards, and planting seeds in a newspaper vase. What I also like is that everything is environmentally safe and everybody there is so friendly. And when it came to the end of the day Ms. Hernholm [the Director and Founder of WitKids] gave an announcement that we did Whatever It Takes and that we the kids are successful when we all work together as one whole, and remember keep on doing," Whatever It Takes."
- Emily W. (age 10)
"I had a good time helping WitKids! I got to have fun and make the world a
better place at the same time. No matter what you do, you are always
someone. I got to bag seeds (broccoli, parsnip, mustard etc.), make pots out of
newspapers to use to grow the seeds in, make cards to make people smile and
I got to meet the designer-girl of the WitKids t-shirt. I had the most fun telling people about WitKids and the seeds at the Farmer's Market in Little Italy. I met so many nice people! There is nothing like WitKids!"
- Brody E. (age 8)
A parent's perspective: "WitKids was a special adventure for our family. Not only was it a 'feel good' day doing something good and 'passing it forward', but the day had extra magic as we got to watch our kids GIVE from the heart and do Whatever It Takes to bring a smile to others we walk on the planet with."
Many thanks to the WitKids volunteers for making such a difference in our local community! Interested in other projects with WitKids? Clickhere. Want to volunteer with your entire family? Click here for family-friendly projects.
Friday, February 12, 2010
WitKids-Dinner Garden Feb. 27 Commercial
A group of WitKids invites YOU to:
WitKids-Dinner Garden Event
February 27th
9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Amici Park in Little Italy
Get FREE seeds for you, your family, friends, neighbors, etc.!!
Enjoy the local Farmers' Market- Mercato, too!
Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
WitKids-Dinner Garden Disney Day Feb. 27 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 9, 2010
Contact: Sarah Hernholm
Title: Founder, President
Office: 619.677.2238
Email: sarah@witkids.org
WITKIDS AND THE DINNER GARDEN PARTNERING AGAIN FOR
FAMILY FRIENDLY “GIVE A DAY.GET A DISNEY DAY.” VOLUNTEER EVENT
San Diego, CA, Feb. 9, 2010- Last month the WitKids-Dinner Garden Disney Event proved to be a huge success. On January 30, sixty-four families from all over Southern California made their way to Amici Park in Little Italy for a day of volunteering. They spent the day bagging seeds, making pots out of newspaper, learning “Go Green” tips, and in the end earned a free ticket to Disneyland. Emily Wilson, a 5th grader from Rancho Bernardo, said, “My day was spent packaging many different seeds, making cards, and planting seeds in a newspaper vase. Everything was environmentally safe and everybody there was so friendly. When it came to the end of the day an announcement was made that we did Whatever It Takes and that we the kids are successful when we all work together as one whole.” They were successful! At the end of the day over 10,000 seeds were bagged. Many of the bags were distributed to locals interested in growing their own food, community gardeners and students growing their own school gardens. Some seeds were sent to schools in different states where people are solving the hunger problem by growing their own food. Brody Ensor, a 5th grader, summed it up best when he exclaimed, “We are WitKids making the world a better place!”
Due to the great response, WitKids and The Dinner Garden are hosting another “Give A Day. Get a Disney Day” event on February 27, 2010. Everyone is invited to come down between the hours of 9:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. to Amici Park in Little Italy to pick up bags of seeds for family, friends, neighbors and classmates. Those interested in volunteering at WitKids events can send an email to info@witkids.org or go to www.witkids.org for more information.
About WitKids, Inc.
Founded in 2009, WitKids, Inc. is a non-profit organization, started by a former San Diego teacher, with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower kids to make a difference in their school, community, and the world through volunteer work and community service. The WitKids program is currently in four San Diego schools (elementary, middle, high school), three states, and at The Daraja Academy in Nairobi.
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Hernholm
WitKids, Inc
sarah@witkids.org
619.677.2238
About The Dinner Garden
The Dinner Garden is a national hunger fighting non-profit organization that gives free fruit and vegetable seeds to anyone in the USA who wants to grow their own food. To date, the Dinner Garden has supplied seeds to over 20,000 individuals, families, and communities.
For more information, please contact:
Holly Hirshberg
The Dinner Garden
holly@dinnergarden.org
210-979-1776
Monday, February 8, 2010
WitKid Brody!
Enjoy watching this video of WitKid Brody at the WitKids-Dinner Garden Event on January 30, 2010!
It's Been A Whirlwind of WIT!
Since New Year's day it's been a whirlwind of WIT activities: locally, nationally, and internationally! My favorite highlights from January...by the numbers:
276 ~ Emails received within the first 3 hours of launching WitKids-Dinner Garden Disney Event on January 1, 2010
3,000+ ~ Volunteer emails expressing interest in WitKids event
19,382 ~ Miles traveled by our WitKids International Representative
500 ~ Fans on our Facebook Page, a great start towards our goal of 2010 Fans in 2010
10,000~ Seeds (at least) bagged during WitKids-Dinner Garden Disney Event.
64 ~ Families that participated in WitKids events
Yet, I think my favorite number of all is one I actually lost track of. It's the number of times kids have come up to me, smiled proudly and said, "I'm a WitKid!".
Thank you to all the WitKids and WitFans out there that made January 2010 a month to remember. I'm so excited to see what the rest of 2010 brings.
Keep doing WHATEVER IT TAKES,
Sarah
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
Posts
